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Free trees from Octopus Energy

17th February 2019 @ 6:06am – by Karen Hemmings
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Do you have community space in need of some trees? Octopus Energy are planting 10,000 native saplings across the UK, free, to draw attention to the air pollution that kills 40,000 Brits every year.
Full details are available on the Octopus Energy website
On the website you can book your trees, In the next few months, they will send them to your door, along with a care guide cooked up by their resident tree wizz Steph Sutherland in collaboration with Blue Peter gardener, Chris Collins.

The trees

We know every space needs different trees, depending on what you use the area for, the size of the space, what the soil's like.

That's why, with Steph's help, we've curated six tree bundles you can choose from.

The Three Tree

Maybe you want some trees, but don't have much available space to plant on? We'll send you three ornamental native broadleaf trees, "semi-standards" around 2m tall -- a grey willow, a wild cherry, and an English oak.

The critter getter

This bundle is made up of native trees that encourage biodiversity, so you can study the birds, insects, squirrels, hedgehogs etc. who make native trees their homes.

You'll get 10 trees in a combination of rowan, crab-apple, English oak and silver birch (1 -- 1.25m at the time of planting).

The sensory garden

A bundle of trees that can be experienced via a variety of senses. A really great option to allow people with visual impairments to enjoy trees in a different way.

You get 12 "semi--standard" trees (around 1m tall) in a combination of aspen, wild cherry, crab-apple, juniper, lime, and English oak.

The native hedgerow

A bundle of 50 sapling trees in a mixture of hawthorn and beech. Perfect as a natural barrier, or a bit of wind shelter and security from a main road.

The trees will arrive between 30-50 cm high, and can be maintained at around 2m tall once fully matured. 50 trees can hedge a 20m length.

The wet woodland

A 50 tree bundle to plant a mini-woodland, made up of trees that thrive in wetter soil:
Downy birch ,Grey willow, Goats willow, Alder ,Rowan

The dry woodland

A 50 tree bundle to plant a mini-woodland, made up of trees that thrive in dry soil:
English oak, Silver birch, Wild cherry, Alder, Aspen

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